Locality ’11: Communities ambitious for change

1-2 November 2011, the Palace Hotel, Manchester.

Communities ambitious for change from Locality on Vimeo.

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With 560 community-led regeneration practitioners and supporters  attending, Locality ’11 is the largest event of its kind across the country.

View the programme

Read the full Locality ’11 programme with details of workshops, debates, masterclasses, plus visits to some of our innovative Manchester members.

Find out about the Dragons’ Den session with £5,000 in prize money and our Organising in Action event, where you’ll get the chance to see the Community Organisers programme in action as the venue is transformed into a local community with a pub, church, cafe and houses.

Read full details of our convention sessions: plenaries, workshops, masterclasses, debates and visits.

Dragons’ Den

We are offering five Locality members the chance to pit their wits against our Community Enterprise Dragons for the chance to win £5,000 of investment plus business support to get your social enterprise idea up and running.

Applications for the convention Dragon’s Den are now closed to find out more contact Sophie Michelena at .

Who should attend

Locality ’11 is ‘must go’ event for all Locality members and anyone else who is transforming, or looking to transform, their local area through community enterprise, social action and community asset ownership and development. Others who will benefit include:

• Community-based organisations
• Social enterprises
• Local VCS groups
• National third sector support bodies
• Local government
• National government
• Policy-makers
• Think tanks
• Academics with an interest in social policy
• Charitable foundations and funding bodies
• Social finance providers

Bursaries

A limited number of bursaries are available to assist Locality member organisations who would otherwise be unable to attend the convention.  If you are interested in applying for a bursary please contact Deepa Mistry at for an application form.  The deadline for applying for a bursary is Friday 21 October 2011.

Exhibition and advertising opportunities

Locality’11 offers a great opportunity to promote your organisation’s activities, products and services to the largest national gathering of development trusts, settlements, social action centres and community enterprise practitioners and supporters.

There are a range of exhibition and advertising opportunities available, and if you would like to take advantage of these opportunities please download our Exhibition and Advertising Booking Form for further information.

For enquiries and to book your exhibition or advertising space contact our events team on:
Phone: 01633 411 732
Email:

Please note: Exhibition spaces are limited therefore early booking is advised.  Spaces will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Accommodation

Please be aware that accommodation is not included in the delegate fee for the convention.  Manchester city centre offers a wide range of accommodation options that will suit all budgets.  Locality’s events team have identified a few hotel options that are within or very close to the convention venue whic we hope delegates will find useful.

The Palace Hotel
This is the main convention hotel where all of the sessions and the dinner will be taking place.  Please note all rooms that Locality have been holding for Locality’11 delegates have now been taken, if you would like to book a room at this hotel please contact the hotel directly.

Other Manchester city centre hotels
Please note that you will need to make your own reservation with any of the hotels listed below.

Premier Inn (5 min. walk to/from The Palace Hotel)
Premier Inn Portland Street and Premier Inn Manchester Central

Ibis Hotels (5 min. walk to/from The Palace Hotel)
Ibis Manchester City Centre and Ibis Charles Street

Novotel (5 min. walk to/from The Palace Hotel)

Holiday Inn Express (5 min. walk to/from The Palace Hotel)

Britannia Hotels (5-10 min. walk to/from The Palace Hotel)

Travelodge (10-15 min. walk to/from The Palace Hotel)

Apartments

Roomzzz Aparthotel (5-10 Min walk to/from The Palace Hotel)

City Base Apartments (Various city centre locations)

General enquiries

If you have any additional queries about Locality’11 please contact us at

Postal booking

If you’d like to book by post, please download and complete the booking form and return to us at 33 Corsham Street, London, N1 6DR.

Locality ’11 is supported by: